Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs floating crystalwort

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Riccia fluitans

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while floating crystalwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	floating crystalwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Ricciaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Riccia
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Riccia fluitans

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

floating crystalwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	floating crystalwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

floating crystalwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

The Allen’s Common Mustached Bat (Pteronotus fuscus) is a species in the genus Pteronotus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.